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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, 10th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Peebles Farm, Va., 1 October 1864.

Entered service at:   New York. Born: 9 July 1841, Germany.

Date of issue:   12 December 1898.

Citation:   At the imminent risk of his own life, while his regiment was falling back before a superior force of the enemy, he dragged a wounded and helpless officer to the rear, thus saving him from death or capture.

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